01-15-2007, 09:52 PM
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I think that was mostly the 428's that came with dual carbs. The competition cars ran a single four with 'center pivot floats'. The center pivot floats are CRITICAL to good performance under severe cornering to keep the carb from flooding out. Because they are LONG carbs, you cannot mount two of them on the intake end to end.
"Flooding out" (fuel spilling into the carb throats under hard cornering) is a problem with my ERA on the road course track. You have to know how to 'deal with it' (as in drive it, set up the carbs, etc) or the motor WILL stall coming off the corners hard. It's just one more thing you DON'T want to worry about in the 'heat of battle'. A single four with center pivot is\was the ideal setup for road racing.
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